They've captured our imagination and are a source of childlike wonder, but what exactly are rainbows? Learn the science behind these weather phenomenon and how one day they might help pinpoint habitable planets in deep space.

They've captured our imagination and are a source of childlike wonder, but what exactly are rainbows?

Infinite Rainbows

Join the New Horizons team to examine the latest findings and imagery from Pluto and the fringes of our solar system. They reveal a world unlike any other we've seen yet!

Destination: Pluto Beyond The Flyby

The idea that there is a possibility of many worlds or multi universal theory is very new even though you may have learned about it in movies and comic books. Explore how this thinking was developed in the world of quantum mechanics and philosophy.

The idea that there is a possibility of many worlds or multi-universal theory is new. Explore how this thinking was developed in the world of quantum mechanics and more.

The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics

A.I. is a primal force, like fire. The same fire that warms us can incinerate our homes; A.I. could enslave mankind -- or, join us in a grand alliance to reach the stars.

A.I. & the Destiny of Mankind

Commander Stephen Hawking pilots his space ship the SS Hawking on the journey of a lifetime, zooming from black holes to the Big Bang, Saturn to Santa Barbara. After all, why should astronauts have all the fun?

Commander Stephen Hawking pilots his space ship the SS Hawking on the journey of a lifetime, zooming from black holes to the Big Bang, Saturn to Santa Barbara.

Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places

Deep in the mountains of West Virginia, the Green Bank Observatory has been receiving a mysterious signal from deep space. Could this be a message from an advanced civilization, or is it a much stranger and violent occurrence? Visit the largest steerable radio telescope on the planet for answers.

Message From Space?

Drones have already conquered Earth, and now they're heading out into the solar system. The Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity is proving to be successful and will pave the way for Dragonfly, a future daring mission to Titan.

Drones have already conquered Earth, and now they're heading out into the solar system.

Drones in Space: Mars to Titan

The ICARUS system monitors the movements and behaviors of Earth’s creatures from space. An antenna mounted on the International Space Station receives data from tiny trackers attached to animals and birds, opening the door to new discoveries that can warn us of natural disasters and outbreaks.

The ICARUS system monitors the movements and behaviors of Earth’s creatures from space.

ICARUS: Tracking Creatures From Space

The remarkable story of the engineers behind the revolutionary technologies developed for the Apollo missions. In the face of epic challenges, and with a fraction of today’s technology, these are the people who navigated us to the moon and back.

The remarkable story of the engineers behind the revolutionary technologies developed for the Apollo missions.

Hack the Moon: Unsung Heroes of Apollo

The ancient art of folding paper has entered cutting-edge domains. Researchers in robotics, medicine and nanotechnologies are embracing this “origami philosophy,” trying to understand and duplicate nature’s folding principles.

The ancient art of folding paper enters cutting-edge domains. Researchers in robotics, medicine and nanotechnologies are trying to duplicate nature’s folding principles.

The Origami Code

For the first time in decades, NASA is sending two new missions to Venus designed to study and explore the planet’s atmosphere and earth-like composition. Together, DAVINCI and VERITAS will provide a new, 360º view of Venus -- its history, and perhaps a window into Earth’s past as well.

For the first time in decades, NASA is sending two new missions to Venus designed to study and explore the planet’s atmosphere and earth-like composition.

Voyage To Venus

Our Sun could erupt at any moment, spewing a vast wave of charged particles toward Earth that could leave millions of people without power for up to a year. Learn about the latest missions to protect our planet from this potentially devastating threat.

Our Violent Sun

The sun is the biggest source of energy in the solar system. Innovators are searching for new ways to capture more of the sun’s power, and make it available through the night, everywhere.

The sun is the biggest source of energy in the solar system. Innovators are searching for new ways to capture more of the sun's power.

Solar

It's the greatest technological challenge ever undertaken by humankind. The quest to produce the ultimate energy solution: Fusion. It's been called 'bottling a star,' but the challenges are immense and the goal of a power-producing fusion reactor has remained elusive and out of reach—until now.

It is the greatest technological challenge ever undertaken by humankind—the quest to produce the ultimate energy solution: Fusion.

Fusion

Commander Stephen Hawking and his space ship the SS Hawking encounter an alien A.I., then race to the edge of the universe, and plunge into an alternate Earth. It's an epic quest to discover the secret of the universe: The Theory of Everything.

Commander Stephen Hawking and his space ship the SS Hawking encounter an alien A.I., then race to the edge of the universe, and plunge into an alternate Earth.

Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places 3

For as long as we’ve had eyes to see and minds to wonder we’ve marveled at the stars. Since the discovery of the first so-called exoplanet in 1994, the Planet Hunters have transformed the way we see the universe. It is the year 2157, and spacecraft Artemis enters the final phase of construction.

Since the discovery of the first so-called exoplanet in 1994, the Planet Hunters have transformed the way we see the universe.

The Planet Hunters

The story of the shuttle challenger disaster and the engineering and operation oversights that caused the shuttle to break apart in the sky as millions of Americans watched live.

The story of the shuttle challenger disaster and the engineering and operation oversights that caused the shuttle to break apart in the sky as millions watched live.

What Went Wrong: THE CHALLENGER SHUTTLE DISASTER (Extended)

Top Science Stories brings viewers all the amazing news-breaking advances in science in technology from 2021. Startling discoveries from around the globe, from a prehistoric nursery to a covid treatment breakthrough. Join us for an exclusive hyper-tour from earth to space.

Top Science Stories brings viewers all the amazing news-breaking advances in science in technology from 2021.

Building The James Webb Telescope

Witness how technological visions become reality with the largest containership the world has ever seen. The largest cargo ship ever built is as large as four soccer fields, reaching 400 meters long and 63 meters wide.

Witness how technological visions become reality with the largest containership the world has ever seen.

Container Ship XXL

THE SCIENCE OF SUCCESS reveals the hidden patterns that determine success. Understanding these powers has led scientists to be able to predict success.

The Science of Success

Astronomers linked radio dishes around the world to create the “Event Horizon Telescope” and have utilized this tool to photograph a supermassive black hole in the heart of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Its name is “Sagittarius A Prime” and it is over 4 million times more massive than the Sun.

Astronomers linked radio dishes around the world to create the “Event Horizon Telescope” and have utilized this tool to photograph a supermassive black hole.

Capturing A Black Hole In Our Milky Way

Forecasting volcanic eruptions is notoriously challenging, but teams of scientists from around the globe may soon be utilizing cosmic rays to diagnose when a volcano is about to blow.

Forecasting volcanic eruptions is notoriously challenging, but teams of scientists may soon be utilizing cosmic rays to diagnose when a volcano is about to blow.

Into the Volcano

While humans debate which is worse, dwindling resources or planet-killing celestial bodies, new breakthroughs in extra-planetary surveying and rocket propulsion are revealing the dichotomy of asteroids; those that might provide a new source of precious metals and those that can outright kill us.

New breakthroughs in extra-planetary surveying and rocket propulsion are revealing the dichotomy of asteroids.

Year of the Asteroid

Anyone stuck in traffic has fantasized about lifting off and transforming their car into a helicopter. A sleek ride, capable of circumventing the chaos of city driving, soaring above coastal roads, or even the coast itself. Those days are upon us as flying cars move out of the realm of fantasy.

Anyone stuck in traffic has fantasized about lifting off and transforming their car into a helicopter.

Tomorrow's Flying Cars

Only a few years ago science fiction, today reality: private companies send astronauts, tourists and technology into space. The competition for technical supremacy in space has begun. This film shows the complicated dynamics between public and private interests in the "New Space".

This movie shows the complicated dynamics between public and private interests in the "New Space".

New Space

For two and a half years, we followed the scientific team of the NASA Lucy Mission, a mission that will unveil the origins of the Solar System, and shared with them the many challenges they had to overcome, such as a countdown to launch on time, the building of the huge solar arrays or a pandemic.

From its inception to its launch, we follow NASA’s Lucy Mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, a mission that will unveil the origins of the Solar System.

The Lucy Mission: Origins of the Solar System

Top Science Stories brings viewers all the amazing news-breaking advances in science in technology from 2022. Startling discoveries from around the globe, from a black hole photographed in our Milky Way to breakthroughs in flying cars. Join us for an exclusive tour through this past year.

Top Science Stories brings viewers all the amazing news-breaking advances in science in technology from 2022.

A Brief History of Time Travel

In the coming decades, we will unveil the universe's greatest mystery: life beyond Earth. This film explores future missions to Mars and discoveries beyond Earth.

Life in Outer Space

Humanity is closer than ever before to a perpetual clean power source after a team of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. We now know one thing is possible, we can reach ignition.

Humanity is closer than ever before to a perpetual clean power source.

Fusion: Harnessing the Power of Stars

We’ve known about them for centuries and have been photographing them for decades, but a new pair of missions will be launching to bring us closer than we’ve ever been to Jupiter’s icy moons. Revealing answers to what may be astronomy’s biggest question…do the conditions for life exist beyond Earth?

Two new missions will bring us closer to Jupiter’s icy moons. Revealing answers to what may be astronomy’s biggest question…do the conditions for life exist beyond Earth?

Jupiter's Moons and the Search for Life

As most of us know, bridges are in decay across the U.S. To keep these massive structures standing near Philadelphia, bridge painters risk their lives to restore two of the area’s most important bridges. Filled with grit and a wild sense of humor, these crews truly help keep America standing.

As most of us know, bridges are in decay across the U.S. Bridge painters risk their lives to restore two of the Philadelphia area’s most important bridges.

Bridge Brothers

2023: a remarkable year on Earth, and in space. Join some of this year's space missions for a hyper-tour from our Sun to Jupiter—and beyond. Come face-to-face with an asteroid, lift off in search of the conditions for life, experience wondrous natural phenomena, and so much more.

2023: a remarkable year on Earth, and in space. Join some of this year's space missions for a hyper-tour from our Sun to Jupiter—and beyond.

2023: A Space Odyssey

Earthquakes can leave a path of destruction with no warning. Through the latest technology, scientists are scrambling for a breakthrough that can forecast where and when earthquakes will strike next.

Through the latest technology, scientists are scrambling for a breakthrough that can forecast where and when earthquakes will strike next.

Forecasting the Big One

Do we work too much? Should we be able to make our own work schedules? The documentary Time to Work poses these questions and more, featuring a discussion with leading thinkers, entrepreneurs, researchers and workers who offer a positive and creative vision on how we could work differently.

Time to Work features discussions with leading thinkers, entrepreneurs, researchers and workers who offer a positive and creative vision on how we could work differently.

Time to Work

The area around our Earth is full of blind spots, unexpected visitors, hidden dangers and potential cosmic treasures. Follow this scientific quest to understand the origins of a mysterious asteroid—right in Earth’s backyard—that some have called our “other moon.”

Follow the quest to understand the origins of a mysterious asteroid—right in Earth's backyard—that some call our “other moon.”

Search for Earth’s Lost Moon

This is the untold story of space visionary Gerard K. O'Neill, who wrote the 1977 book "The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space." The Princeton physicist sparked a grassroots movement to build Earth-like habitats in space with the hope of solving Earth's greatest crises.

The untold story of Gerard K. O'Neill whose 1977 book "The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space" sparked a grassroots movement to build Earth-like habitats in space.

The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill

Launched in 2016, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returns to Earth after a 7-year journey with NASA’s very first asteroid sample. Rocks and dust collected in 2020 from the asteroid Bennu will provide scientists with key evidence from the birth of our solar system—about 4.5 billion years ago.

Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx returns to Earth after a 7-year journey with NASA’s first asteroid sample—providing scientists with evidence from the birth of our solar system.

OSIRIS-REx: The Return

How safe are we from the next pandemic? Journey to the island of Riems, off the coast of Germany on the Baltic Sea, to the “Alcatraz for viruses,” where a collective of highly specialized experts from around the world work tirelessly to combat the growing virus threat.

How safe are we from the next pandemic? Journey to the “Alcatraz for viruses," an island in the Baltic where experts work to combat the growing virus threat.

Plague Island

It’s been called the most significant breakthrough of the century. For the first time, scientists are using a new type of astronomy to detect gravitational waves all around us, opening a window into the history of our universe that could someday lead to time travel.

Arguably the most significant breakthrough of the century, a new type of astronomy is detecting gravitational waves throughout our universe.

Gravitational Waves: A New Universe

In Antarctica, a state-of-the-art robotic penguin, called ECHO, is changing the way scientists monitor wildlife. The autonomous yellow robot has been integrated into the penguin colony and is using remote sensing technology to monitor these now-endangered penguin colonies.

In Antarctica, ECHO—a state-of-the-art robotic penguin—uses remote sensing technology to monitor these now-endangered penguin colonies.

ECHO: The Penguin’s Bodyguard

Can AI enable us to live forever? Explore the latest advancements in AI, robotics and biotech with visionaries who foresee a new age of “post-biological” life. As scientists point toward a world where humans and machines merge, we have to ask: “Will AI be the best, or the last thing we ever do?”

Can AI help us live forever? Explore the latest in AI and biotech with visionaries who foresee a new age of “post-biological” life.

Artificial Immortality

With Artificial Intelligence evolving so rapidly, will it surpass human intelligence? Could this lead to our replacement—or, worse, our extinction? Top experts provide a clear understanding of the immense benefits and potential dangers of AI.

With Artificial Intelligence evolving so rapidly, will it surpass human intelligence? Top experts provide a clear understanding of AI's potential benefits and dangers.

AI Tipping Point

A whirlwind tour of 2023's biggest breakthroughs, from discovering the earliest human footprints and detecting distant gravitational waves, to unlocking the power of fusion.

A whirlwind tour of 2023's biggest breakthroughs, from the earliest human footprints and distant gravitational waves to the power of fusion.

Space Smash

It's a unique scientific, and human, experience: explorer Christian Clot challenges seven men and seven women to live underground in one of Europe's largest caves for 40 days—without a sense of time.

It's a unique scientific, and human, experience: explorer Christian Clot challenges seven men and seven women to live underground in a European cave for 40 days.

Deep Time: Utmost Experience Beyond Time

An international team of scientists venture into the virtually unknown interior of Antarctica to explore a lake buried 3,600 feet beneath the ice.

The Lake at the Bottom of the World

Get ready for humanity's first deep dive into an alien ocean world! NASA's Europa Clipper heads to Jupiter's icy moons to explore the ultimate question: Is there life beyond Earth?

Get ready for humanity's first deep dive into alien ocean worlds on Jupiter's icy moons. NASA's Europa Clipper explores the ultimate question: Is there life beyond Earth?

Europa Clipper: Mission to an Alien Ocean

Who were the visionaries behind the famed Apollo Space Program? This feature-length documentary offers an intimate, personal look at the inspiring people behind the scenes who rose to the challenge and pioneered space exploration.

Who were the visionary pioneers of space exploration? This exploration of the Apollo Space Program reveals the real people who rose to challenges to make it happen.

When We Were Apollo

The spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox biography of Carbon, the most misunderstood element on Earth. Accompanied by unique animations and celebrated scientists, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carbon reminds us of our humble participation in the most extraordinary story in the universe.

The spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox biography of Carbon, the most misunderstood element on Earth.

Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography

Sixty years ago, Mariner 4 sent back the first images of Mars. It's a trip NASA has made twenty more times since. Robots—probes, landers, rovers, and even helicopters—are searching for signs of life on the Red Planet, and paving the way for us to follow. Our journey to Mars has already begun.

Our journey to Mars has already begun. Robots—probes, landers, rovers and helicopters—are searching for life on the Red Planet, and paving the way for us to follow.

Pathways to Mars

A worldwide investigation into the bizarre vanishing of Bitcoin’s mega-billionaire creator, the secretive “Satoshi Nakamoto.” Why did the man—and it appears it was indeed a man—disappear only 26 months after releasing Bitcoin to the world on January 3, 2009?

A worldwide investigation into the bizarre vanishing of Bitcoin’s creator, the secretive “Satoshi Nakamoto.” Why did he disappear only 26 months after releasing Bitcoin?

Searching for Satoshi

Asteroids. Mountains of rock that hurtle through space, capable of mass destruction. A series of space missions are targeting them. Could these potential planet killers also reveal the origins of life itself? And can humanity protect itself against them?

A series of missions are targeting asteroids. Could these potential planet killers also reveal the origins of life itself? And can humanity protect itself against them?

Asteroid Impact

The FAST radio telescope is the biggest ever built—and can detect signals emitted tens of thousands of light years away. From technological innovations to architectural challenges and first results, follow each step that gave birth to a tool designed to prove we aren’t alone in the universe.

The FAST radio telescope is the biggest ever built. Follow each step that gave birth to this colossal tool designed to prove we aren’t alone in the universe.

FAST: The Celestial Eye

Antarctica holds 75% of the world's fresh water, but its ice sheet is under threat due to elevated ocean temperatures and sea-level rise. Follow a team of female climate scientists as they gather critical insights into Antarctica's alarming transformation and its potential global implications.

A team of female climate scientists journeys to Antarctica to study the ice sheet that is under threat from high ocean temperatures and sea-level rise.

Antarctica: The Giant Awakens

This is an inside look at how teams of scientists, engineers and surgeons—and their courageous test subjects—are using Brain-Computer Interfaces to bring hope and increased independence to patients living with conditions like paralysis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and blindness.

An inside look at how Brain-Computer Interfaces are bringing hope and increased independence to patients living with conditions like paralysis, ALS and blindness.

Brain-Computer Interface: The Digital Mind

Humans are not the strongest. Our senses are nothing special. But our intelligence is letting us wield the power of evolution. Scientists are unlocking the mysteries of the natural world to improve our lives, our health and our future.

Humans are beginning to wield the power of evolution—unlocking the mysteries of the natural world to improve our lives, our health and our future.

Engineering Life

It is the birth of neutrino astronomy. For the first time, astrophysicists can detect extra-terrestrial neutrinos in the ice of the South Pole. Neutrinos are the most common and also most mysterious elementary particles and as these particles are invisible to us, their mass is unknown.

It is the birth of neutrino astronomy. For the first time, astrophysicists can detect extra-terrestrial neutrinos in the ice of the South Pole.

Black Holes: Messages from the Edge of the Universe

Mobility is a concept that humans have pondered over for centuries, if not millennia. But how can we transport more people and freight? How do we make mobility as safe as possible? How do we make it environmentally friendly?

Mobility is a concept that humans have pondered over for centuries, if not millennia.

Hidden High Tech

Industry and globalization have been preoccupied with technologies that allow us to travel faster. However, due to technological advancements, our means of transport have become more and more inefficient, more harmful to the environment. It’s time to revolutionize the way we travel.

Industry and globalization have been preoccupied with technologies that allow us to travel faster. It’s time to revolutionize the way we travel.

Ticket to the Future - The Evolution of Travel

An engineering revolution is underway. Driven by dedicated individuals who are building extraordinary machines that will change our lives.

Engineering the Future

To survive Mars, our species will need to evolve how we eat, drink, and build our homes. Will we need our genes to evolve as well?

Becoming Martian

What role will the moon play in man's next attempts to conquer space?

Destination: Moon

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking takes a flight of epic proportions to visit his favorite places in the Universe.

An interstellar adventure in search of an exoplanet that supports complex life. We ask the greatest minds in the world: How do we get there?

Living Universe

We will take a look into the lives of 22 inventors and see how they work, invent and most of all think!

Power & Tech (Season 2)

Catch up on all the discoveries made by the space probe Juno, which is up close and personal with the largest planet in the solar system.

Destination: Jupiter

Follow the timeline of the New Horizons mission to Pluto. Watch reactions from those closest to the mission through its journey to Pluto.

Destination: Pluto

Quantum physics? Theoretical physicist Brian Greene helps you understand its origins and its impact on today's world.

Exploring Quantum History With Brian Greene

Small errors in the construction of buildings and vehicles can lead to a disaster.

What Went Wrong

Engineer and adventurer Rob Bell climbs aboard some of the world’s fastest theme park rides and discovers how these rides affect our bodies

Science of Thrills

In Ultimate Processes, presenter Francesca Chiorando visits ten very different places to discover what goes on in the world of manufacturing

Ultimate Processes

Neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis goes in search of people with unusual neurological conditions.